PE 101 CORRECT EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Identify individual attributes that should be taken into account before beginning a
fitness program. - ✔✔- Age
- Weight
- Current Fitness Level
- Special Health Concerns
- Disabilities
✔✔Explain how following the fitness principles of overload, progression, specificity,
reversibility, individuality, and recovery will increase your fitness program success. -
✔✔They serve as a guide to how the body will respond to exercise.
✔✔Overload - ✔✔in order to see improvements, must exercise harder than what your
body is accustomed to
✔✔Progression - ✔✔apply an optimal level of overload within a certain time
✔✔Specificity - ✔✔states that a body system will improve only if that specific body
system is stressed
✔✔Reversibility - ✔✔all fitness gains are reversible
, ✔✔Individuality - ✔✔adaptations to training overload may vary greatly from person to
person
✔✔Rest & Recovery - ✔✔critical to ensuring continued progress towards fitness goal
- (principle of recuperation)
✔✔Describe general strategies for exercising safely. - ✔✔- Warm Up Properly
- Cool Down Properly
- Properly inform yourself of the activity
- Drink water & consume energy
- Appropriate clothing & shoes
✔✔Describe how much and the types of physical activity you should do for optimal
health and wellness. - ✔✔Depending on age, the Physical Activity Pyramid tells what
you should do. (At least 60 min)
✔✔Identify strategies that will help you get started on your fitness and exercise goals. -
✔✔- List motivations
- Anticipate & overcome obstacles
- Make time for exercise
- Select fun & convenient activities
- Set reasonable goals
✔✔Outline how the three metabolic systems provide energy for exercise. - ✔✔-
Immediate Energy: good for quick exertion of energy (ex. jumpshot)
- Anaerobic (nonoxidative): breaks down glucose for energy to produce ATP (ex. sprint)
- Aerobic (oxidative): energy is generated from mitochondria production & oxygen (ex.
swimming, cycling)
✔✔Describe the fitness and wellness benefits you can get from cardiorespiratory
training. - ✔✔- decreases risk of disease
- helps control body weight & composition
- improves self-esteem, mood, & well-being
- improves immune system
- improves quality of life
✔✔Explain how cardiorespiratory fitness is a key component of your overall fitness and
wellness. - ✔✔A healthy cardiorespiratory system could mean the difference between
having adequate energy to sustain daily
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Identify individual attributes that should be taken into account before beginning a
fitness program. - ✔✔- Age
- Weight
- Current Fitness Level
- Special Health Concerns
- Disabilities
✔✔Explain how following the fitness principles of overload, progression, specificity,
reversibility, individuality, and recovery will increase your fitness program success. -
✔✔They serve as a guide to how the body will respond to exercise.
✔✔Overload - ✔✔in order to see improvements, must exercise harder than what your
body is accustomed to
✔✔Progression - ✔✔apply an optimal level of overload within a certain time
✔✔Specificity - ✔✔states that a body system will improve only if that specific body
system is stressed
✔✔Reversibility - ✔✔all fitness gains are reversible
, ✔✔Individuality - ✔✔adaptations to training overload may vary greatly from person to
person
✔✔Rest & Recovery - ✔✔critical to ensuring continued progress towards fitness goal
- (principle of recuperation)
✔✔Describe general strategies for exercising safely. - ✔✔- Warm Up Properly
- Cool Down Properly
- Properly inform yourself of the activity
- Drink water & consume energy
- Appropriate clothing & shoes
✔✔Describe how much and the types of physical activity you should do for optimal
health and wellness. - ✔✔Depending on age, the Physical Activity Pyramid tells what
you should do. (At least 60 min)
✔✔Identify strategies that will help you get started on your fitness and exercise goals. -
✔✔- List motivations
- Anticipate & overcome obstacles
- Make time for exercise
- Select fun & convenient activities
- Set reasonable goals
✔✔Outline how the three metabolic systems provide energy for exercise. - ✔✔-
Immediate Energy: good for quick exertion of energy (ex. jumpshot)
- Anaerobic (nonoxidative): breaks down glucose for energy to produce ATP (ex. sprint)
- Aerobic (oxidative): energy is generated from mitochondria production & oxygen (ex.
swimming, cycling)
✔✔Describe the fitness and wellness benefits you can get from cardiorespiratory
training. - ✔✔- decreases risk of disease
- helps control body weight & composition
- improves self-esteem, mood, & well-being
- improves immune system
- improves quality of life
✔✔Explain how cardiorespiratory fitness is a key component of your overall fitness and
wellness. - ✔✔A healthy cardiorespiratory system could mean the difference between
having adequate energy to sustain daily
